Crossing a state border for savings

[neatdesign]

Re: Crossing a state border for savings

PEOPLE do the same thing here with cars I live on the boarder of 3 states for buying groceries & such its cheaper & closer to go across state its super close!!! But I am not one who does my car titles in other states I would probably get caught if I tried!!!

I don't have a problem, per se, with people going to a different state to buy goods tax-free. That's because it's not illegal to do that. You don't have to prove state residency to buy groceries or petrol or whatever.

It's when people use fraudulent means to avoid paying taxes that I have a problem. The law is what it is. I personally am not one of these people who thinks, "If I can get away with it, it's not cheating or wrong." Sorry, it IS cheating, it IS wrong.

~ Jenney

[Ima saver]

Re: Crossing a state border for savings

I don't know if you will think I cheated or not. I did buy a car in another state because the sales tax on the car was cheaper. However, I did own a house and 10 acres in that state, so I used that address. If you have 2 houses in two different states, is that still cheating?

[Bookie]

Re: Crossing a state border for savings

There's a nice distinction to be made between tax avoidance and tax evasion.

[neatdesign]

Re: Crossing a state border for savings

I don't know if you will think I cheated or not. I did buy a car in another state because the sales tax on the car was cheaper. However, I did own a house and 10 acres in that state, so I used that address. If you have 2 houses in two different states, is that still cheating?

I guess it's debatable. On the one hand, you own property in that other state. On the other hand, though, it sounds like you're legally a resident of the other state. You can't be resident in two states simultaneously, I don't think. But I'm not entirely sure.

All I know is that there are/were A LOT of people living in Northern Virginia with MD license tag This wasn't just in my neighborhood -- it became so pervasive that Virginia set up a hotline for people to give anonymous tip-offs about Virginia residents who were evading property taxes by registering their cars in Maryland. (I never had the guts to call, though... )

~ Jenney

[Ima saver]

Re: Crossing a state border for savings

Well I sold the house in North Carolina, so i won't be doing that again. I had thought about moving to that property. Funny thing was, it was right on the state line, 5 acres in one state and 5 acres in the other state.

[Ima saver]

Re: Crossing a state border for savings

Oh and Bookie, I am a rum runner!!

[Broken Arrow]

Re: Crossing a state border for savings

Rum runner.

Yeah, that's why she's got some nice wheels to run them moonshine.

[shelbylovesmelby]

Re: Crossing a state border for savings

We go to the outlet mall in IL.

When we drive up north we do fill up @ the reservations & dh will buy cig's too.

A lady once told me that their brother moved here to get on welfare. Mind you I've heard about the migration from IL to WI over it but I've never literally heard someone directly say it.